music "in order to focus 100 per cent of her attention" on her family.
The 46-year-old singer, whose husband Rene Angelil, 72, is recovering
from an operation to remove a cancerous tumour in his throat, said in
a statement posted on her official website, "I want to devote every
ounce of my strength and energy to my husband's healing and, to do so,
it's important for me to dedicate this time to him and to our
children.
"I also want to apologise to all my fans everywhere, for
inconveniencing them, and I thank them so much for their love and
support."
Dion, who has released 14 studio albums in French and a further 11 in
English, is herself battling an illness that has caused her throat
muscles to swell up, preventing her from performing since July 29,
2014.
The statement said, "Since Rene's surgery last December to remove a
cancerous tumour, it's been a very difficult and stressful time for
the couple as they deal with the day-to-day challenges of fighting
this disease while trying to juggle a very active show business
schedule, and raise their three young children.
"Celine has also been fighting an illness that has caused inflammation
in her throat muscles, and has not been able to perform any of her
scheduled shows in Las Vegas since her last show on July 29. She has
still not recovered from this condition."
The singer was part way through a lengthy residency at Caesars Palace
in Las Vegas, which had recently been extended until 2019. All Las
Vegas shows through to March 2015 have been cancelled, including her
scheduled tour of Asia.
It would be recalled that Dion previously took a break from music from
2000-2002 when her husband was first diagnosed with cancer.
Angélil, Dion's longtime manager, discovered Dion when she was 12
years old. They married in 1994, when Dion was 26, and have three
children together, including twins born in 2010. In a press conference
in July, Dion said that Angélil was doing "really well" despite having
recently stepped down as her manager. She said, "He's working really
hard on his health ... he's really being disciplined, which is not an
easy thing for him."
Dion's most recent album,Loved Me Back To Life,was released in
November and debuted at No. 3 on the UK chart. Based on almost $12m
(N1.9bn) in earnings from her 60 Las Vegas concerts, Billboard named
her the 23rd-highest-paid musician of 2013.
Reportedly worth $500m (N80bn), Celine Dion is one of the wealthiest
female artistes in the world. Apart from the money she makes from
music, she is also an entrepreneur and a promoter of some top brands
in the world.
Dion's businesses and brand endorsements
Les Productions Feeling Inc., also known as Feeling Inc. or just
Feeling, is an artist management company based in Laval, Quebec,
Canada and owned by Dion and her husband and manager, Rene Angelil.
Dion is also the founder of Nickels Restaurant food chain. Dion and
her husband also own Le Mirage Golf Club and Schwartz's Restaurant. In
association with Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf and Shaquille O'Neal, she
also opened a popular night club in Caesars Palace in Los Angeles,
USA.
Dion became an entrepreneur with the establishment of her franchise
restaurant, Nickels, in 1990. She has since divested her interests in
the chain and is no longer affiliated with Nickels as of 1997.
In 2003, Dion signed a deal with Coty, Inc. to release Celine Dion
Parfums. Her latest fragrance, Signature, was released in September
2011 with an advertising campaign by a New York agency. Since its
inception, Celine Dion Parfums has grossed over $850m (N137bn) in
retail sales.
In October 2004, Air Canada hired her as part of their promotional
campaign to unveil new service products and an updated livery.You and
I,the theme song sung by Dion, was written by advertising executives
working for Air Canada.
Luxurious apartments and cars
Celine Dion owns many luxurious properties across America, though she
has put some of them up for sale, including her gorgeous compound on
Florida's Jupiter Island for $72m (N12bn), according toThe Wall Street
Journal.
The home, which is jointly listed by Sotheby's International Realty
agents Joseph Montanaro and Cristina Condon, was custom-built and
designed in 2010 by Celine Dion herself.
She and her manager husband Reneé Angélil bought the lot of land in
2005 for $12.5m (N2bn) and the adjacent mansion in 2008 for $7m
(N1.1bn), TheWSJreports.
The five-and-a-half-acre property has views of the Atlantic Ocean, a
four-bedroom guest house, a simulated golf range, pool house, and
three separate pools.
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